Crops

U.S. lawmakers from both political parties are pushing legislation that would limit who can own American farmland, with a latest effort from Democratic Senator Cory Booker aimed at curbing corporate ownership. Farm groups and lawmakers are concerned that land buys by investors and foreign countries are driving up farmland prices and threatening national security. Booker’s […]

A British Columbia program aims to put more provincial farmland back into production. The B-C Land Matching Program pairs new and young farmers with land throughout the province. The province says the program, delivered by the Young Agrarians resource network, has helped to match 284 new farmers with land in B-C. The program helps new […]

Crop yield potential has decreased in many parts of the province due to the dry heat, and producers are hoping for more rain before harvest to finish up seed filling. Harvest has begun in the driest areas of the province. Desiccating of pulses has begun in the southwest and west central regions and combining of […]

Closing grain prices Thursday, July 27 Durum                           447.80 Feed barley                   335.61 Canola                          760.92 Chickpeas                     1036.17 Flax                                501.98 Lentils                            702.50  Oats                               250.32 Yellow Peas                   335.92 Feed Wheat                   270.97 1 Red Spring Wheat      394.55 

Opening grain prices Thursday, July 27 Durum 447.80Feed barley 335.61Canola 762.92Chickpeas 1036.17Flax 501.98Lentils 702.50Oats 250.32Yellow Peas 335.92Feed Wheat 270.971 Red Spring Wheat 397.37

Ag-in-Motion set new benchmarks at this year’s show and it’s catching the eye of the international agriculture community. This year’s show welcome 31-thousand 166 guests; breaking it down: Day 1 had 9-thousand 827 attendees; Day 2, 13-thousand 084; and Day 3 had 8-thousand 255. 580 exhibitors were at the show, beating the previous record of […]

The Swift Current area was on the receiving end of a hail storm that came through on Saturday. Richard Cuthbert is a wheat breeder with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, based in Swift Current. He says the storm was heading towards the community, and by 6:20 p.m. that day the winds started to pick up, then […]

CN Rail is lowering its earnings forecast for the year after falling profits and revenue last quarter and a sluggish economic environment. Canada’s largest railway says it now expects flat to slightly negative adjusted diluted earnings in 2023, instead of the mid-single-digit growth it predicted three months ago. CN reports net income fell by 12 per […]

A labour movement researcher says more large-scale disputes like the industrial action at British Columbia’s ports may be on the horizon. Sociology professor Barry Eidlin (IDE’-lyn) says port workers are facing “existential” questions about their jobs related to automation and maintenance jurisdiction, while also dealing with rising cost of living. Eidlin says the issues facing […]

The B-C government says drought conditions and wildfires in the province are making it difficult for farmers and ranchers to feed their animals.  The province now says it’s launching a program that matches farmers to those who have hay and grain, going to other jurisdictions including the United States to source feed and hay for B-C farmers.  […]